When jurisdiction of civil court is not barred to try disputes relating employees of private school?

Section 9 spells out the jurisdiction of the School Tribunal to deal with the disputes between the Management and the employees. Since the Section so spells out the nature of the dispute, any dispute falling outside the scope of Section 9 could certainly be taken cognizance of by a Civil Court. The Tribunal has jurisdiction to deal with the following matters alone, as are defined in Section 9 of the Act.

1) Dismissal, 2) Removal, 3) Termination otherwise 4) Reduction in Rank, and 5) Supersession in promotion. The Tribunal's jurisdiction is restricted to above disputes only and as such if it is a dispute outside the above disputes, the civil court can certainly assume jurisdiction.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY (NAGPUR BENCH)

Civil Revision Application No. 235 of 2003

Decided On: 01.03.2007

Sanjay Gandhi Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, 
Vs.
 Nivrutti S/o Tukaram Borkar

Hon'ble Judges/Coram:
C.L. Pangarkar, J.

Citation: 2007(3) ALLMR 45

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